scholarly journals Fugitive dust from agricultural land affecting air quality within the Columbia Plateau, USA

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. S. Sharratt
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Fugitive Dust ◽  
Columbia Plateau

The new smoke management

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen R. Riebau ◽  
Douglas Fox
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
The United States ◽  
Atmospheric Particulate Matter ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Smoke Management ◽  
Ozone Precursor

This paper was presented at the conference ‘Integrating spatial technologies and ecological principles for a new age in fire management’, Boise, Idaho, USA, June 1999 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement new regulations for the management of atmospheric particulate matter 2.5 µm and less in diameter (PM2.5), tropospheric ozone, and regional haze in the next few years. These three air quality issues relate directly to forest and agriculture burning. Fire generates PM2.5 and ozone precursor gases that reduce visibility. Hence, wild and agricultural land managers will be subject to these air quality regulations much as industrial and mobile sources have been for the past 25 years. In addition, these new regulations come at a time when private as well as public land managers throughout the United States are developing plans to increase their application of fire as a management tool. Prescribed fire will remain viable as a tool for land managers with these new regulations but only under a responsible smoke management paradigm. This paradigm will include formal ‘state-approved’ Smoke Management Programs and will require the use of new and ‘approved’ technologies that have been subjected to public and stakeholder scrutiny as regulatory tools. These programs will acknowledge that wildland fire is different from conventional human-caused air pollution sources. They will recognize that the managed use of fire is a superior option to wildfire from public safety and health perspectives. But they will also require greater utilization of non-burning alternatives in all circumstances, especially where fire is used for economic rather than ecological reasons. Through better smoke management and greater use of non-burning alternatives, steadily reduced smoke emissions will likely result.

scholarly journals Relative impact of windblown dust versus anthropogenic fugitive dust in PM2.5on air quality in North America

2010 ◽  
Vol 115 (D16) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Park ◽  
S. L. Gong ◽  
W. Gong ◽  
P. A. Makar ◽  
M. D. Moran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
North America ◽  
Relative Impact ◽  
Fugitive Dust

Agricultural wind erosion and air quality impacts: A comprehensive research program

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 64-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith E. Saxton
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Wind Erosion ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Dust Emission ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Fugitive Dust ◽  
Level Control

AbstractWith the passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act came the responsibility to monitor and control particulates in the size range 10 μ and smaller (PM10). Many urban areas, particularly in the western U.S., have experienced concentrations of fugitive dust particulates from upwind sources that exceed the federal health standards. Often a significant amount of this material is generated upwind on agricultural fields, and then is entrained and transported in the regional air mass, thus degrading the air quality in downwind urban regions. Current technology cannot adequately quantify the fugitive dust emitted and transported from agricultural sources, nor specify adequate control methods. A comprehensive research plan recently was developed and initia ted for the Columbia Plateau of eastern Washington State that involves multiple disciplines and several state and federal agencies. This research has several components: characterizing the soil, vegetation and climate in a region of 136,000 km2; developing wind erosion and fugitive dust emission relationships for individual farm fields; developing and applying transport-dispersion-deposition models of the region; selecting and testing farm-level control strategies; and providing public information to both the urban and farm communities for understanding the problem and developing management plans. Simultaneous receptor analyses and public health research combine to make this a comprehensive regional research effort on fugitive dust emissions and impacts.

Impact of Road Fugitive Dust on Air Quality in Beijing, China

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 825-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
DongSheng Chen ◽  
ShuiYuan Cheng ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
XiuRui Guo ◽  
ShouBin Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Fugitive Dust ◽  
Beijing China

scholarly journals The effect of Particles PM10 and PM2.5 in dust emission of urban infrastructure from Thermal Power Plant Technology Kosovo

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Afrim Syla
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Collection Efficiency ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Coal Extraction ◽  
Open Pit

Airborne particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 10 microns (referred to as PM10) is one of the six criteria pollutants used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as indicator of air quality. During the last decade, the health effects of urban aerosols have become a major concern for the society. The main environmental problems in Kosovo include all issues related to water supply and sanitation system, air quality, solid waste management and urban infrastructure. The major problem remains high pollutions, energy losses and low collection efficiency. The awareness of environmental issues among the general public is poor. Air quality is degraded by various polluters, including traffic and two big thermal power plants which are located close to the surface lignite deposit in Obiliq. Emission of dust and ash from the thermo power plants exceeds by far the EU standards. Gas emissions have a high level of PM, CO2, SOx, NOx. For coal generation, reducing non-GHG pollutant emissions (SO2, NOx, PM) is significantly important. Additional problems are the ash hills that have more than 40 million tons of ash and are taking about 165 ha of agricultural land, as well as the pits created the coal extraction in the lignite open pit mines.

scholarly journals What forest is in the light of people's perceptions and values: socio-cultural forest monitoring in Switzerland

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Frick ◽  
Nicole Bauer ◽  
Eike von Lindern ◽  
Marcel Hunziker
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Telephone Interview ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Forest Monitoring ◽  
Wood Production ◽  
People’S Perceptions ◽  
Everyday Living

Abstract. Forest is an important element of Swiss landscape, with about 30 % of the country covered by it, forming a finely structured patchwork together with water bodies, agricultural land and settlements. It is highly valued by residents as part of their everyday living and recreational environment. The aim of this paper is to provide knowledge about how residents perceive and value forests and what their dominant preferences are. The data were collected through the Socio-cultural Forest Monitoring (WaMos). In this survey, 3022 persons responded by telephone interview or online survey. Respondents were well informed about forest issues, especially about recreation, animals and protection from natural hazards. Nevertheless, functions such as wood production, air quality and biodiversity were rated as even more important than recreational functions. Mixed forests and multisensory experiences were preferred, whereas wilderness was only moderately approved of. Respondents did not much appreciate sports and fun infrastructure, but valued infrastructure for contemplative and social activities and for education about forest issues.

Application of Electron Optics to Characterization of Particulate Pollutants

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 364-365
Author(s):  
J. B. Moran ◽  
J. L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Ambient Air ◽  
Hazardous Substances ◽  
Fuel Additives ◽  
Ambient Air Quality ◽  
Air Quality Standards ◽  
Emission Standards ◽  
Stationary Sources ◽  
Ambient Air Quality Standards

The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 provide the basis for a dramatic change in Federal air quality programs. The Act establishes new standards for motor vehicles and requires EPA to establish national ambient air quality standards, standards of performance for new stationary sources of pollution, and standards for stationary sources emitting hazardous substances. Further, it establishes procedures which allow states to set emission standards for existing sources in order to achieve national ambient air quality standards. The Act also permits the Administrator of EPA to register fuels and fuel additives and to regulate the use of motor vehicle fuels or fuel additives which pose a hazard to public health or welfare.National air quality standards for particulate matter have been established. Asbestos, mercury, and beryllium have been designated as hazardous air pollutants for which Federal emission standards have been proposed.

Air Quality May Affect Infants' Brains

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-34
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality

Air Quality May Affect Infants' Brains

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